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British naval
and political
support at
Gwadar,
Uaaua'ah
and Suwaiq,
1873-74.
"Zanzibar" eubsidy, * was divided, like the other expenses of the Zanzibar
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , in equal moieties between Her Majesty's Government and the
Government of India. Between the 26th of April and the 6th of
November 1873 the amounts due under the new arrangement were paid
to Tuiki; but his disposal of the money, though it possibly enabled him
to recover Sohar, was generally injudiciona, and, so far from procuring
him any solid advantages, appeared to inflame rather than to satisfy the
cupidity of the tribes and of their untrustworthy leaders.
Besides the indispensable financial support thus afforded to Turki he
received, on various occasions, valuable naval and political assistance from
the Government of India. On the 1st of September 187a, when 'Abdul
'Aziz and Salim were disturbing the country in the neighbourhood of
Gwadar, they were warned that, if after rejecting certain terms which
had been offered them by Turk! they attempted either to cross to 'Oman
or to make their way to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the British Government would
endeavour to arrest them; and, as already related, 'Abdul 'Aziz was
actually captured under these orders and interned in India In 1874
on the occasion of Salih-bin-'Ali's attack on Matrah, the Political Kesi^
ent m the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. was authorised, on condition of abstaining from
operations ashore, to lend Turki active assistance by naval fire wherever
it could be brought to bear. These instructions, as we have seen, or
"V 6 means of t}ieir executlon J did not arrive until the crisis that
elicited them was over ; but they remained in force for some time after as
s an nig orders^ The original expulsion of Ibrahim-bin-Qais's
adherents from Masna'ah, in March 1874, was undertaken on his own
responsibility by Major Miles, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Masqat, before
the orders of Government on the Batinah rebellion had been received;
ut eventually the instructions relating to Masqat and Matrah were
given a wider application, and the expulsion of the rebels for the second
ie Masna'ah fort was covered by a general permission
in 1868-70 (86(^6^^ and the Government of India
tained, the indefeasible right of the Sultan < ' 0 !. ,ller ,rnpu S ned ' and the Intter main-
of 1861, did not result in Tnv rl fi •/ , D to a sab8id y und er the Award
payment to Turki began in 1873 6 COn0 U8IOn • Thei,ft for0 the subsidy of which
as h continuation of that decreed bv LoH O ^ ^ eith0r as a new s «l>sidy or
harmony with the arguments used hs the \ bu , t the lafcte . r view ' whioh is in
the juster, and the name "Zanzibar" willT^Jr i Indl . a in l868 ' 70 ' a PP ea,s
this Gazetteer, thoueh with inv^.t i accordingly continue to be employed in
anneied to th e .oSXt 00m " ,aS ^ th9 ' J<rabt - T 1 "
treaty »'
the previous admission bv that . Govern men t—seem inconsistent with
'Omin to the go'omr aih« er ii llU u k u nq"alified n s l,t of tl, e S „| lS „ „ f
y leg a, h. should b. restrained fr„ m attackillg Zi>Dliblir ,